Screenshots Obtained by Tech Sleuth Show Coinbase Planning Prediction Market

One of the screenshots Wong posted shows a betting market titled ‘Will Trump release any of the Epstein Files?’. This same market also appears on Kalshi (currently the second largest prediction market by volume behind Polymarket). Given that Kalshi and Coinbase have an existing business relationship, it suggests Coinbase’s prediction market could be an integration of Kalshi.

Last week Kalshi chose Coinbase Custody to provide secure custody services for its stablecoin holdings. A full-blown integration of Kalshi by Coinbase, though, would mark a significant step forward in their relationship.

Speaking to Decrypt, Wong said she was able to access Coinbase’s prediction market platform by reverse-engineering the publicly available code on Coinbase’s website. 

Wong has earned a strong reputation as someone who can uncover new software features before they’re officially announced. In the past, she’s unearthed Facebook’s dating features and Airbnb’s flight-integration feature.

At the time of writing, Coinbase has neither confirmed nor denied it’s currently developing a prediction market platform. 

However, on the same day Wong made her post, Coinbase also posted on X about its upcoming ‘Coinbase System Update’ event on December 17, stating  it will include “exciting product announcements” and “key business updates” and proclaiming that “a new era of Coinbase is beginning.”

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Wong Uncovers Coinbase Plan to Offer Stocks and ETFs in Its App

In another post, Wong shared screenshots apparently showing Coinbase is also developing functionality that will allow users to purchase stocks and ETFs through its app. 

The screenshots didn’t actually show which stocks would be available; they simply showed a new ‘Stocks’ tab on the user interface, which included the categories ‘Common stocks’ and ‘ETFs’.